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Familiar Voices are Easier to Understand, Even if We Don’t Recognize Them

Neuroscience NewsOctober 1, 2018

Researchers report familiar voices are easier than those of a stranger to understand, even when the familiar voice is manipulated and the listener can not identify the voice.... Read More...

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The Reason You Can’t Keep a Secret

Neuroscience NewsSeptember 28, 2018

Researchers investigate why it is so hard for us to retain information given to us in confidence.... Read More...

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Unlocking the Secret of How the Brain Encodes Speech

Neuroscience NewsSeptember 26, 2018

Researchers report the brain controls speech production in a similar manner to how it controls the production of arm and hand movements. The findings could help to build better speech decoders for BMI, helping those who are unable to speak to find their voice.... Read More...

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Our Brain Predicts Words Before They Are Pronounced

Neuroscience NewsSeptember 18, 2018

Researchers report the brain is not only able to anticipate the conclusion of sentences, it can also anticipate an auditory stimulus and determine the phonemes or specific words a speaker is going to pronounce.... Read More...

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Drumming Helps School Children with Autism

Neuroscience NewsSeptember 14, 2018

According to researchers, drumming for an hour a week helps improve learning at school for children on the autism spectrum. The study reports drumming not only improves dexterity, rhythm and timing for those with ASD, it also helps improve concentration and enhances communication with peers. ... Read More...

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The Art of Storytelling: Why We Relate to Characters

Neuroscience NewsSeptember 13, 2018

A new neuroimaging study sheds light on how we relate to characters in stories. Researchers report, no matter how a story is relayed, brain networks associated with theory of mind are activated when participants associate with the protagonist. The study concludes our brains relate best to characters, no matter how the narrative is expressed.... Read More...

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Teens Have a Hard Time Reading One Another’s Tones of Voice

Neuroscience NewsAugust 29, 2018

A new study reports teenagers have a more difficult time discerning the emotional vocal tones of their peers. The results, researchers suggest, show teens have not reached a level of maturity in either ability to identify or express vocal emotions. ... Read More...

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Improvement if Humanlike Conversations in Humanoid Robots

Neuroscience NewsAugust 1, 2018

Researchers have developed a child like humanoid robot with the ability to converse like a human.... Read More...

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A Possible Origin of Human Speech

Neuroscience NewsJuly 23, 2018

Researchers have identified a neural network in the brains of monkeys that may represent a common evolutionary origin for social communication and human speech.... Read More...

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What Articulation Relevant Brain Regions Do When We Listen

Neuroscience NewsJuly 2, 2018

Researchers report brain areas involved in the articulation of language are also implicated in the perception of language.... Read More...

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I Am Human, Hear Me Roar

Neuroscience NewsJune 29, 2018

According to a new study, humans can use nonverbal vocal cues, including roars, to judge the physical formidability of others.... Read More...

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People with Autism Want to Socialize, They May Just Express It Differently

Neuroscience NewsJune 28, 2018

A new study pushes back the assumption that those on the autism spectrum do not wish to socialize with others. Researchers hope their findings will lead to more respectful treatment of those with ASD and help develop more effective methods of support for those with autism. ... Read More...

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News

Aspirin green light for brain bleed stroke patients

Examining ethical issues surrounding wearable brain devices marketed to consumers

Want to help the vaccine hesitant become pro-vaccine? Have them meet someone with a vaccine-preventable disease

Neuroscience

Aspirin green light for brain bleed stroke patients

Examining ethical issues surrounding wearable brain devices marketed to consumers

Want to help the vaccine hesitant become pro-vaccine? Have them meet someone with a vaccine-preventable disease

Neurology

Aspirin green light for brain bleed stroke patients

Want to help the vaccine hesitant become pro-vaccine? Have them meet someone with a vaccine-preventable disease

Like A Lot of Things, Women’s Gut Microbiomes Appear to Mature Earlier than Men’s

AI

Children describe technology that gives them a sense of ambiguity as ‘creepy’

New AI Sees Like a Human, Filling in the Blanks

Robotics

Dog-like robot made by students jumps, flips and trots

Children describe technology that gives them a sense of ambiguity as ‘creepy’

New AI Sees Like a Human, Filling in the Blanks

Psychology

Want to help the vaccine hesitant become pro-vaccine? Have them meet someone with a vaccine-preventable disease

Infants later diagnosed with autism seldom initiate joint attention

Unlike men, women’s cognitive performance may improve at higher room temperature

communication

Familiar Voices are Easier to Understand, Even if We Don’t Recognize Them

Unlocking the Secret of How the Brain Encodes Speech

Our Brain Predicts Words Before They Are Pronounced

Drumming Helps School Children with Autism

The Art of Storytelling: Why We Relate to Characters

Improvement if Humanlike Conversations in Humanoid Robots

What Articulation Relevant Brain Regions Do When We Listen

I Am Human, Hear Me Roar